hmmm... it all seems so simple when we write it down..
and yet some of the topics are actually quite mind-straining.

at least they are for me, when i think about them.. and try to figure them out.

that's what is so puzzling.. do things really become simple or complex ? are there really concepts that are more difficult to comprehend than others ?

comprehension.
it's such an ambiguous word.
and yet, we can very rarely explain everything that we comprehend.

there is a theory that says that the universe tends to get more simple.
now define 'simple'.
and anyway, who ever said that the world is incredibly complex in the first place ?

'ah, he's slipped up.' - i'm guessing that's what you are thinking right now.
the world is complex. else why would we be trying to explain it ?

my only explanation is that the world is essentially simple. its our minds that have managed to complicate it.
we look for patterns where they may be none. we devise theories and solutions to problems that essentially do not exist anywhere except in our brain.
we've all gone completely crazy !

now that's a simple explanation.
and it's something that we deny ourselves. and something that's probably the reason for all the 'progress' that we've made in the last hundred years or so.
but it just may be squirty..

this is where one applies a 'what is more likely test' (again - from scott adams)
what is more likely ? that the universe is this place that requires improvement, and that our meddling is allowing it to get better ?
or that we have just got to concentrate on exploring; and try to stop improving nature ? to stop trying to prove that we are superior ?

you tell me.
to me, it doesn't make sense. for every matter in which we've progressed, we've managed to destroy something.
and we don't realise it.

i do not say stop progress. that's not possible for man.
i do say stop complicating everything so damn much !

make sense ?
no ? well.. we've done it again !


hmm.. dreams...
what does that one word bring to mind ?

not sleep.(!)
imagination.

something that the world is sorely lacking.
the days gone by... (sigh!)
when a piece of pink cloth was enough to transform one into superman.
when a chair could be faster than schumi's ferrari.

when a piece of string could enthrall one for hours.

the fertile imagination of a child is probably the world's most amazing playground.
better than disney's theme parks.
streets better than a 10cm x 3 cm piece of electronics that plays music.
miles better than a 15" screen on a 2" box containing equipment unimaginable a century ago.

imaginable. that word again.
i have already said that the spirit of man is what allows him to progress. especially in the face of adversity.
add to that - a mind unafraid to cross boundaries.

imagine. one word. which can convey so much.
or so little.
'the matrix' had an important concept. very hidden.
break free.
the world is bound by laws and rules. supermen are those who cannot see them. rather know how to manipulate them to uses not recognized.
yet.

i am not telling you to go jump off a window or see her squirt. that's impractical.
i am telling you to design a jet-propelled flying kit.

and yet.. one must recognize that imagination is closely linked to two.. things.. let us say..
'thinking' &...
'craziness'

the crazier the imagination, the more amazing the idea.
the better the idea, the more thinking is going to go into figuring it out.
and weirdly enough, the more chance that a crazier idea is going to supersede it just as fast.

could it be that people harnessing their potential are those who dare to dream ? rather, dare to dream big crazy things ?
doesn't make sense.
yet it's true.

yet again, the point of the matter arises. unless one recognizes the inherent nature of craziness in thinking, one can never actually 'go crazy' thinking.

think about it.
i'll go think on imaging devices..

laterz